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KVIA(EL PASO, Texas) -- When a car careened toward a mother and students outside a Texas elementary school, she put herself in front of the children before being struck and killed, according to the school district.Kharisma James and three students...

Joe Raedle/Getty Images(TAMPA, Fla.) -- The Governor of Florida issued a state of emergency in response to this year’s excessive red tide, the toxic algae bloom spreading across the West Coast of the Sunshine State and leaving beaches covered with...

ABC(NEW YORK) -- It has been a rainy summer in the Northeast and the entire East Coast with more flash flooding possible Tuesday.There was more flash flooding Monday as Jonestown, Pennsylvania, received 7.7 inches of rain , while the area...

Spencer Police(PAXTON, Mass.) -- A former Worcester County, Massachusetts, prosecutor died suddenly after a crowbar crashed through his windshield Monday.John Madaio was driving his SUV in the town of Spencer when a crowbar that was kicked-up or fell from another...

WJRT(MILLINGTON), Mich.) -- Police in Michigan say four girls managed to fight off a man who assaulted them over the weekend by throwing hot coffee on him.The girls, ages 11 to 14, were leaving a gas station convenience store in...

Taos County Sheriffs Office(AMALIA, N.M.) -- A New Mexico judge agreed on Monday to release on bond five suspects who were arrested on child abuse charges and were alleged to have been training the children to carry out school shootings....

Mario Tama/Getty Images(UKIAH, Calif) -- The largest fire in California history turned deadly on Monday as a firefighter tending the blaze was killed.There were few details on how the firefighter died in the Mendocino Complex Fire, northeast of Ukiah, California....

iStock/Thinkstock(PAYSON, Utah) -- Just hours after being arrested and released on bail for allegedly assaulting his wife, a Utah man stole a plane and crashed it into his own home where his wife was staying, police said.The man, 47-year-old Duane...

ABCNews.com(CLEARWATER, Fla.) -- The Florida man who invoked the "stand your ground" self-defense law after shooting a black man in a dispute over a parking space was charged Monday with manslaughter, officials said.Michael Drejka, 48, was arrested Monday morning in...

Sacramento Police Department(SACRAMENTO) -- The suspected "Golden State Killer" is now facing charges for his 13th alleged murder, and the earliest one yet -- the killing of a college professor in central California in 1975.Joseph DeAngelo, a 72-year-old former police...

WFAA(DENTON, Texas) -- The parents of a 10-year-old boy with autism in Denton, Texas, say they are planning to take legal action after they received a video that showed their son being repeatedly held to the ground by his neck...

KOMO via ABCNews.com(FRIDAY HARBOR, Wash.) -- Grieving Orca whale who hold on to her dead calf for more than 2 weeks, has let go of the dead body of her offspring.The 30-year-old southern resident killer whale who was spotted pushing...

ABC News(PHOENIX) -- Police are searching for a 19-year-old Phoenix woman who disappeared after leaving work more than a week ago.Kiersten Bragg said her daughter, Kiera Bergman, left her job on the morning of Aug. 4, but doesn't know if...

ABCNews.com(SEATTLE) -- The flight data recorder and "components" of the cockpit voice recorder have been recovered from the Horizon Air plane stolen from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport and crashed on an island in Puget Sound on Friday night.National Transportation Safety Board...

WSBTV(COLLEGE PARK, Ga.) -- Police arrested a Georgia man on Sunday after he allegedly shot and killed his live-in girlfriend and stabbed a police dog during a manhunt.Randy Young, 31, allegedly shot the 27-year-old woman several times in the face...

ABC Political News

Alex Wong/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Sources close to the White House tell ABC News that the team that worked with Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s office for interviews with Trump administration employees never had Omarosa Manigault-Newman on their list and the special...

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(ALEXANDRIA, Va) -- Attorneys for Paul Manafort, the former Trump campaign chairman who is on trial for financial crimes in federal district court Alexandria, Virginia, will not call additional witnesses to present a defense.“The defense rests,” Manafort’s lead...

Alex Wong/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- President Trump fired off a nasty tweet at his former aide Omarosa Maigault Newman Tuesday, calling her a "lowlife" and a "dog." "When you give a crazed, crying lowlife a break, and give her a job...

Bob Falcetti/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Less than three months out from the first major election since the inauguration of President Donald Trump, much of the national focus remains on high-profile U.S. Senate and House races that could determine control of...

iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- Voters in Connecticut, Minnesota, Vermont and Wisconsin head to the polls Tuesday as primary season slowly begins to give way to what promises to be a highly competitive general election in races across the country.Governorships and U.S....

iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- One of the candidates in Vermont’s Democratic primary for governor is too young to vote -- even too young to get his learner’s permit.Ethan Sonneborn, 14, is on the ballot Tuesday, just a few weeks before he...

Drew Angerer/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Campaign finance records show several former aides to President Donald Trump have received payments of roughly $15,000 per month from campaign or party accounts, bolstering part of former aide Omarosa Manigault Newman’s claim that she was...

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The FBI agent who came under scrutiny for anti-Trump texts he sent from a work phone during the 2016 presidential campaign has now been fired, according to his lawyer.Peter Strzok was fired on Friday after serving...

ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Former top White House aide Omarosa Manigault Newman has released new audio that she says is a recording of President Donald Trump’s telephone call to her after Chief of Staff John Kelly fired her.In the brief...

Keith Lane/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Prosecutors with the team of special counsel Robert Mueller on Monday rested the government’s case against former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, wrapping up more than two weeks of testimony alleging he hid millions of dollars...

Alex Wong/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Celebrating the signing of the 2019 military authorization funding bill at Fort Drum in upstate New York on Monday, President Donald Trump New York made no mention of the man whose name is attached to the...

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Rep. Keith Ellison is denying allegations of abuse against a former girlfriend, made by the woman's son, just days before he runs in his state's primary for attorney general.Austin Monahan, the son of Ellison's former girlfriend...

Drew Angerer/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Omarosa Manigault Newman's former White House colleagues are looking into legal options to stop her from releasing more tapes and to punish her for secretly recording her conversation with Chief of Staff Gen. John Kelly, White...

ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- Stormy Daniels' lawyer Michael Avenatti is flirting with the possibility of a presidential run and says there are “a number of reasons” he should be taken seriously as a potential Democratic candidate in 2020.In an exclusive interview...

ABC Business News

iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- Move over, Melbourne -- the world has a new most livable city.Vienna now tops the Economist Intelligence Unit's annual ranking, which is based on 30 factors including access to health care, education, infrastructure, culture, the environment and...

iStock/Thinkstock(DUBLIN) -- Around 50,000 passengers across Europe are expected to be affected this weekend as Ryanair is forced to cancel almost 400 flights due to a 24-hour walkout by staff in five European countries over a dispute about pay and...

iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- Two moms whose genius idea was born beside a kiddie pool are now changing the game with an innovative swimsuit design that makes bathroom breaks a breeze.In 2014, Jill Slater and Alexis Castellano ran into the very...

Airbnb(WASHINGTON) -- Protesters planning to participate in the "Unite the Right" rally in Washington, D.C., this weekend may have some trouble finding a place to stay.Airbnb is warning users that if they are found to be in violation of the...

Converse(BOSTON) -- Converse and Hello Kitty are collaborating on a footwear and apparel collection and all of our childhood dreams are coming true.Sneakers have been the go-to shoe style this summer and everyone knows '90s nostalgia is the best accessory....

Bill Pugliano/Getty Images(DETROIT) -- 2018 could be the year of the Mustang, Ford's iconic pony car immortalized by Steve McQueen in "Bullitt."On Wednesday, the 10 millionth Mustang rolled off the line at the Flat Rock Assembly Plant in Michigan.In April,...

iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) -- The Federal Communications Commission acknowledged Wednesday that bots were not responsible for the agency's website slowdown after it sought public comment last year on its controversial plan to repeal net neutrality.After people were temporarily unable to contest the...

Omar Marques/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images(SAN FRANCISCO) -- Twitter said it is standing by its decision not to ban accounts associated with right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, despite "outside pressure" for it to ban his content.The CEO and co-founder of...

iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- The month of August, eight months into the year, is how far into 2018 a typical black woman must work to bring home what a typical white male was paid at the end of 2017, according to...

iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) --Elon Musk’s SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9 rocket for a second time early Tuesday morning from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, according to a statement from the company. The rocket carried the Merah Putih satellite...

iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- A new survey of 2,000 Americans revealed that while fighting online fraud is critical, 81% of those polled call cutting edge password practices are overkill. The poll from analytics software firm FICO revealed 78% of those surveyed...

iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- A new survey reveals that millennials are the most likely to want to take a trip with their families. The poll, commissioned by the travel site Ebates, found that 61% of millennials want to travel with their...

Brooks Kraft/ Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Facebook on Monday announced that it took down four pages belonging to rightwing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, including his "Infowars" radio show, citing violations of the platform's hate speech and bullying policies.It is the...

iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- A legal defense fund set up to help Trump allies caught up in the ongoing probe of Russian efforts to interfere in the 2016 election does not appear to have spent any money on legal services, according...

iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- Study shows adults in the U.S. spend more than 11 hours a day interacting with media It's no surprise that people in the United States are massively into mass media, but a new study shows just...